Towards an Exercise Pill

aztektum among many other readers sent us news that medical researchers have developed two drugs that can build muscle tone in mice without exercise. While such an advance may inspire dreams of a "couch potato pill," the article mostly talks about other medical uses, should the drugs prove safe and effective in humans. The doctor in charge of the research is working with sports authorities to develop a test to detect the drugs in athletes. "Researchers at the Salk Institute in San Diego reported that they had found two drugs that did wonders for the athletic endurance of couch potato mice. One drug, known as Aicar, increased the mice's endurance on a treadmill by 44 percent after just four weeks of treatment. A second drug, GW1516, supercharged the mice to a 75 percent increase in endurance but had to be combined with exercise to have any effect. 'It's a little bit like a free lunch without the calories,' said Dr. Ronald M. Evans, leader of the Salk group."

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[Bytenik]

Enjoy your little fantasy land.

From where the rest of the world is standing, the iPod is still leaps and bounds better than a Zune. I have NEVER even seen a Zune out in the real world, but I see iPods every day.

Every single Apple product is better than it's Microsoft/PC counterpart. Mac OS X is better than Vista. iPod is better than Zune. MacBook Pro even runs Windows faster than a comparable PC laptop. The iMac is just pure industrial design brilliance (although I do like the Dell XPS One a fair bit too).

Face it, the rest of the world is just playing the Catchup-to-Apple game.

As for the iPhone, it is game changing. It has never been easier for a mobile software developer to get his content to users.

I tried doing games for other phones before, but it was very difficult to get the game into user's hands. I will gladly pay 30% to Apple for their App Store service. Mobile providers won't give you that deal for traditional mobile publishing.